Devolution of a Style

The scene from “Badlands” is the one in which Martin Sheen’s character kills Sissy Spacek’s father. It involves the clever use of a mirror. “It took ages to set up that shot and make sure the mirror’s placement was exactly right,” Malick tells us. “There’s no way I would spend so much time on it if I were to shoot it now.”—2007

(http://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/filmmakers/terrence-malick-interview-rome-film-festival.html)

“I’ll be acting my socks off, and you turn around and Terry is filming a beetle,” said [Michael] Fassbender. — 2017

(http://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/song-to-song-terrence-malick-richard-linklater-michael-fassbender-sxsw-2017-1201792562/)